About 500 military and civilian medics may be held in illegal captivity by Russia. Over the past two years, 78 military medics have been released from Russian captivity through exchanges. This was stated by Andriy Kryvtsov, the founder of the NGO Military Medics of Ukraine, during a briefing, UNN reports .
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According to our information, this is specifically our organization, we currently have 46 military doctors on our books (based on their families' requests) who were captured by Russia. We understand that there are more such people, we can only talk about those about whom we have information, according to the appeals of their relatives. But according to our information from sources in government organizations, there may be about 500 such people. These are military and civilian medics who have been captured by the Russian Federation in recent years
He also noted that over the past two years, 78 military medics have been released from Russian captivity through exchanges.
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On July 17, another 95 Ukrainian defenders, including soldiers, members of the National Guard and border guards, were released from Russian captivity thanks to the mediation efforts of the United Arab Emirates.
